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Economics in Brief: Federal Government Making it Easier for Feds to Unionize
(Photo by City of Indianapolis | Mayor's Office / Public domain) Federal Government Making it Easier for Feds to Unionize The White House has announced new measures to encourage its more than 2.1...
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Richmond Youth Using Art to Push for An End to Incarceration
(Photo by Wyatt Gordon) “In the world without youth prisons I walk down the street and I hear happiness in the community—no fear, no violence, no cries, no sirens. I see communities thriving, outreach...
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‘Truth & Healing Commission’ Could Help Indigenous Communities...
This July 1, 2021 file photo depicts a growing makeshift memorial under a tree at an Albuquerque park for the dozens of Indigenous children who died more than a century ago while attending a boarding...
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When Is An E-Bike Not a Bike?
(Photo by Province of British Columbia / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) VanMoof, a venture-capital funded, super-cool company (essentially, the “Apple of bikes”) recently unveiled a so-called “hyperbike” in an...
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West Virginia Mountain Town Trailblazes New Tourist Economy
An ATV drives down the Hatfield-McCoy trail system in Pineville, West Virginia. (Photo courtesy West Virginia Tourism) Jill Hendrick is no stranger to thriving in the mountains. The Pineville, West...
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Boston Votes on Who Holds City Purse Strings
Boston City Hall Plaza (Photo by Eric F. James / CC BY 2.0) Don’t just change the players — change the game. Boston voters will have a chance to do that next week, as they go to the polls not only to...
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This Is What it Looks Like to Decolonize Philanthropy
An InteRoots building project in the rural municipality of Kasasa, Uganda (Photo courtesy of InteRoots) One Laptop Per Child is a nonprofit that’s sought to address educational inequity by providing...
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Crowdfunding Can Be a Great Democratizer for Small Businesses, But It Isn’t Yet
(Photo via Oak and Grist) Oak and Grist Distilling Company, a hyper-local producer right outside of Asheville, North Carolina, was struggling to bridge the gap between production and sales. “Once...
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Vegas Doubles Down on Tesla Transit
Elon Musk's Boring Company showcases its future underground transportation system at the Las Vegas Convention Center in April. (Photo courtesy of Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority) Welcome...
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Inside Philadelphia’s Thriving Community Fridge Movement
Children donating food to one of Mama-Tee's community fridges. (Photo courtesy of Mama-Tee) Like so many others in America, Syona Arora, a former operations manager at the Franklin Institute, lost her...
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Hear Us: Tax Justice for Racial Justice — and Economic Liberation
(Illustration by sam scipio) EDITOR’S NOTE: “Hear Us” is a column series that features experts of color and their insights on issues related to the economy and racial justice. Follow us here and at...
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Housing in Brief: In Latest Bay Area Housing Debate, It’s ADUs vs. Wildfire...
(Photo by Wilson Lam / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) East Bay Area Cities Debate Backyard Homes Amid Increasing Wildfire Risk In 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two laws streamlining the process for...
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San Francisco Upgrades Tent Village to Tiny Home Community
A row of tiny homes behind a conventional house in Seattle (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Allison Artzer has been homeless for over three years, much of which she spent on the streets of San Francisco....
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To Fight Poverty, Invest in Local Food
Steve Saltzman (Courtesty of Steve Saltzman) When funders invest in locally sourced food, they’re also investing in public health, the environment and economically disadvantaged communities. That’s...
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Economics in Brief: DOJ Leads Hard Charge Against Redlining
(Photo by Eric Prado / CC BY-NC 2.0) U.S. Justice Department To Take Action Against Redlining The Justice Department has announced it will take aggressive action against redlining. At an Oct. 22 press...
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Solving Unemployment Doesn’t Start (or End) With a Job
(Image courtesy of Empowerment Plan) Last year, Detroit-based nonprofit Empowerment Plan supplied more than 5,000 hospital isolation gowns to frontline medical workers across the city. Typically, its...
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How Commercialization Over the Centuries Transformed the Day of the Dead
(Photo by Rebeca Anchondo/CC BY-NC 2.0) As a Mexican-American who celebrates Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, at the end of October and beginning of November, I’ve noted an increasing...
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Free Produce, Coffee and a Sense of Community for NYU Students
The inaugural Minetta Creek Collective farmstand outside of Washington Square Park (Photo courtesy of Minetta Creek Collective) On October 6th, the Minetta Creek Collective set up shop outside of...
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Putting Disabilities at the Center of Impact Investing
A car drives through the Parkland Rising Tide Car Wash location. (Photo by Darryl Nobles) About 80% of the 85 employees at Rising Tide Car Wash in southern Florida have autism. The company’s mission...
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Traverse City Real Estate Co-Op Breaks Several Different Molds
Rendering of CommonGrounds (Environment Architects) It was a cold, windy, January evening on the banks of the Boardman River in Traverse City, Michigan. One by one, 10 people walked up and shoveled a...
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